exile on main...

Tyler, the creator

2011-02-12T12:27:00.000-06:00

Thanks for the heads up Evan...

Festival time once again...

2011-02-08T21:06:00.000-06:00

Sabbath...

2011-01-09T21:01:00.003-06:00

all about this right now!...

Tom Sachs: Ten Bullets

2011-01-03T21:12:00.003-06:00

After watching this video, it looks like I need to keep my workspace a little cleaner...

Ghetto Blaster

2011-01-01T14:47:00.003-06:00

2001: A Space Odyssey

2010-12-30T23:05:00.001-06:00

Summer Misc...

2010-12-26T16:58:00.001-06:00

Push, Pedal, Stride: An art show inspired by active transport...

2010-12-26T15:01:00.000-06:00

The civic election was heating up as the show was installed... I thought the content was suitable for the times...

Captain Beefheart....

2010-12-18T11:57:00.001-06:00

RIP...

pearl necklace...

2010-11-11T12:36:00.001-06:00

I can see the shopping network add's already!...

"Pearl Necklace is a seemingly amorphous cast silver shape on a
  chain that is actually an accurate representation of semen. It is a
  Visual marker of chaos turned perfection through an act of beauty
  and lust. Pearl Necklace is a physical reminder of a fleeting
  moment of pleasure."

2010-11-07T21:48:00.000-06:00

"Linotype: The Film" Teaser from Linotype: The Film on Vimeo.

Via Nico...

Toronto Pals: pt.2....

2010-11-07T21:36:00.001-06:00

When I was in Toronto this summer it was during the World Cup. We decided to go the biggest Spanish bar in town. This is what transpired at Plaza Flamingo the day the Spaniards won!....

is graffiti dead...

2010-10-31T13:11:00.001-05:00

Senegalese trick riding...

2010-09-19T23:25:00.000-05:00

Toronto Pals: pt.1...

2010-09-19T21:54:00.001-05:00

You guys are the best!...

So good to see you guys and gals!..

Steve Reich:

2010-09-16T13:21:00.003-05:00

without Steve, we wouldn't have Philip Glass, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, etc...

Art-Fag BMX...

2010-09-15T15:29:00.001-05:00

7D 1000 fps from Oton Bačar on Vimeo.

Thanks for the heads up Nico...

Banff...

2010-09-11T16:20:00.003-05:00

In late June I went to banff to go see an old friend of mine who was doing some work on a piece of theatre at the Banff Centre... She is a super talented playwrite currently blowing up the UK. Her name is Deborah Pearson and you should check her shit out!... Check the Forrest Fringe and Confessions of a young Playwrite blog...

I got the opportunity to hang out with Tomson Highway and see one of his Cabaret performances...

Up There...

2010-09-02T19:00:00.000-05:00

UP THERE from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.

Riding around town...

2010-09-01T23:29:00.000-05:00

THE TAKEOVER : NYC from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo.

zimoun...

2010-09-01T22:40:00.001-05:00

Sound Sculpture \ Kinetic Sculpture \ Installation...

Cowboy Hip Hop

2010-08-17T09:37:00.000-05:00

Some new moves I have been working on...

Shawn Swain

2010-08-17T09:28:00.001-05:00

This kid is really good!...

Shawn Swain Cult Edit from bradhill on Vimeo.

Network: pt#1

2010-08-11T18:54:00.000-05:00

Network: pt#2

2010-08-11T18:53:00.004-05:00

"The more things change, the more they stay the same..." Karr.

2010-07-29T18:52:00.002-05:00

Take a look at this film... Style Wars

Canada Day: aka Party Bike Day...

2010-07-18T21:28:00.002-05:00

David Carr-Smith...

2010-07-14T22:35:00.003-05:00

I was looking at some images in David's e-book Improvised Architecture in Amsterdam Industrial Squats and Collectives...

Kinda reminds me of home sweet home...

2010 MISC...

2010-07-13T22:26:00.002-05:00

Death Peddlers...

2010-07-13T20:56:00.003-05:00

Not So Secret Site...

2010-07-05T23:27:00.000-05:00

wipe out...

2010-06-26T16:23:00.001-05:00

I did this to myself yesterday...

latest porno...

2010-06-16T00:21:00.003-05:00

The BFF is celebrating it's 10th anniversary... trailer by Marco Mucig...

My next bike is gunna be a booze cruiser... bars from Copenhagen Parts...

My man Andrew brought these to my attention...

STREET VS. ART GRAFF...

2010-06-13T21:29:00.001-05:00

What do you think?...

HAWKS BIIIIIITCH!....

2010-06-10T09:52:00.000-05:00

Death Peddlers...

2010-06-08T22:45:00.003-05:00

My boys are having a get-together at the Lo-Pub on the 18th...
If you like babes (of either sex), bikes, and beers you should come down!...

Good Looking Bad Jokes...

2010-06-08T22:12:00.003-05:00

on April Fools one of my favorite Winnipeg artists' had a show...

Blair Martin is so good!...
Mad respect to Golden City... Best gallery in town... period.

Kia... sorry about the add...

2010-06-07T20:32:00.002-05:00

Black Sheep Sellin' it hard...

*ganked from Bill McMullen...

(Chicago is)...

2010-04-26T23:05:00.001-05:00

2009 -2010... bringing home the cup!... can't wait to taste victory beers...

Pinhole Workshop...

2010-04-25T21:01:00.003-05:00

a couple weeks ago I was part a small pinhole workshop that the Platform Gallery and Ace Art put on... here are some pics of what happened...

Pinhole...

2010-04-19T00:54:00.001-05:00

This piece is pretty rough, but here is a view of Winnipeg from the roof of the Artspace building. Using paper negs, I shot this pano with a Ritz cracker tin. Thanks to Sarah Crawley for the technical expertise!...

I cant wait to see this thing 8 feet long...

2010-04-12T20:52:00.008-05:00

I really want to make some glitch!...

Martin Kohout...

Another year older...

2010-04-11T22:15:00.007-05:00

We decided to go to a beard growing comp, hit up Festival De Voyaguer, get loser listening to the Bart Band, and crash Club St. B...

2010-04-11T21:58:00.000-05:00

insanity...

2010-03-29T22:52:00.002-05:00

Ty Morrow is fucked!...

Foster Wilson...

2010-03-28T22:51:00.000-05:00

Bite:

2010-03-24T23:11:00.000-05:00

stolen from some place...

2009...

2010-03-24T23:10:00.005-05:00

It has been about a year since I started this thing up. Here is a sample of what has happened in the past year...

Oxymoron...

2010-03-24T19:31:00.009-05:00

sorry, I have to rant for a second...

I do not agree with most of what Ann Coulter has to say but here is an ‘idea’ for the U of Ottawa ‘activists’ and ‘scholars’ to ‘think’ about… by attempting to muzzel \ stopping Ann Coulter from speaking, the Students and University have played directly into her hand. She gets a ton of publicity and she gets to say her shit to an even wider audience. If the students and faculty allowed her to do her thing, the whole talk would have never been heard or thought of. The ‘activism’ displayed in this situation simply advocates for a more guided, protected, and controlled Canadian society… Cheers to, authoritarian liberalism, you fucking activist idiots!… pick up a dictionary and look up oxymoron… sadly, this situation is one…

Here is a response to a NY daily news article on it’s website. I would say this is more offensive than what Ann Coulter is saying in public…

scats
6:34:49 PM_Mar 24, 2010
**** ALL MUSLIMS. IF THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN DEBATE IS BY VIOLENCE **** THEM CAMEL SNIFFING DUNG EATING ***S. EVERY CIVILIZED COUNTRY WANTS THEM OUT. THEY ARE ****ING POS ANIMALS

* this statement is coming from the 'culturally enlightened' capital of the world...*

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/03/24/2010-03-24_ann_coulter_causes_firestorm_by_telling_muslim_to_take_a_camel_as_alternative_to.html#ixzz0j8uTlGc9

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!...

Bike Polo...

2010-03-23T20:57:00.000-05:00

I think the crew needs to invest in some polo mallets!...

Dieter Rams...

2010-03-15T19:23:00.005-05:00

Dieter Rams’ ten principles to “good design”

Good design is innovative
Good design makes a product useful
Good design is aesthetic
Good design helps us to understand a product
Good design is unobtrusive
Good design is honest
Good design is long-lasting
Good design is consequent to the last detail
Good design is concerned with the environment
Good design is as little design as possible

Dieter Rams, designer - Cold War Modern from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo.

Red China Blues...

2010-03-14T23:50:00.000-05:00

Forgotten nights...

2010-03-14T23:19:00.005-05:00

Coffee & Cigarettes...

2010-03-01T23:32:00.001-06:00

Jenga Night...

2010-03-01T22:15:00.012-06:00

Chop Cup...

2010-02-27T21:04:00.000-06:00

CHOP CUP from :weareom: on Vimeo.

2010-02-21T15:38:00.001-06:00

Spokeless Bike:

2010-02-18T11:18:00.001-06:00

Check this SPOKELESS BIKE the Yale Mechanical Engineering students created...

Holiday Season...

2010-02-17T14:31:00.010-06:00

Fall costume parties...

2010-02-11T23:56:00.003-06:00

Grafitti Analysis:

2010-02-07T20:37:00.001-06:00

Graffiti Analysis 2.0: Digital Blackbook from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

Twist:

2010-02-07T20:20:00.006-06:00

Barry McGee (aka Twist aka Ray Fong; born 1966, San Francisco, California) rose out of the Mission School art movement and graffiti boom in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early nineties. Barry McGee has become one of the leading artistic figures in California youth subculture. He draws his force and inspiration from the contrast and tension that exists between the city center and the suburbs, between wealthy districts and the slums. His visual language is at once eclectic, ephemeral, radical and, above all, heavily influenced by the daily realities of the city.

If you enjoy this sort of shit, take a look at the "Beautiful Losers" Exhibition...

Fall Misc:

2010-02-04T23:00:00.004-06:00

Die Antwoord: Silly South African Shit

2010-02-03T18:47:00.006-06:00

His shorts are killin' darkside of the moon at 1:10...
courtesy of Bill McMullen...

Things to put your bum on...

2009-12-14T22:17:00.011-06:00

This svelte Model 97 T/T manufactured by Tønder Møbelværk in 1957 is in another class. It’s attributed to a Holger Georg Jensen, according to the Danish Design Dictionary.

A rare “Rock'n-Rest”, highback lounge chair, designed in Norway and produced by the Gimson & Slater Ltd, United Kingdom. Adjustable rocking seat and back can be locked in 8 different positions by means of a handle.

Hans Olsen Teak Dining Set from Danish Mafia .

.jacked from mid-mod.

Katharine Hepburn...

2009-12-14T22:08:00.009-06:00

NO MAS...

2009-12-09T13:51:00.002-06:00

This came to me from No Mas via Grotesk...

In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement by a man on a psychedelic journey, No Mas and artist James Blagden proudly present the animated tale of Dock Ellis' legendary LSD no-hitter.

Handballin' and Shootin' Crapps...

2009-11-22T17:10:00.004-06:00

The crew spends enough time in back alleys already so i'm thinkin' next summer we might have to take up these games!!...

The NYC HandBallers from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo.

Edgar Allan Poe...

2009-11-02T22:35:00.001-06:00

"The Raven"

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
" 'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —
Only this, and nothing more."

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had tried to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore —
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
" 'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door —
Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door; —
This it is, and nothing more."

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door; ——
Darkness there, and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"
Merely this, and nothing more.

Then into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon I heard again a tapping somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore —
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—
'Tis the wind, and nothing more!"

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door —
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door —
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore —
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no sublunary being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door —
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."

But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing farther then he uttered — not a feather then he fluttered —
Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before —
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

Wondering at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster — so, when Hope he would adjure,
Stern Despair returned, instead of the sweet Hope he dared adjure —
That sad answer, "Nevermore!"

But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."

This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!

Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite — respite and Nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!
Let me quaff this kind Nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil! —
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted —
On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore —
Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore —
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting —
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! — quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted — nevermore!

Masahisa Fukase...

2009-11-02T22:19:00.004-06:00

I love this photography...

OSKA Architects...

2009-11-02T21:47:00.002-06:00

I want to build my own cabin one day. Tom Kundig gives me a boner...

The Man With The Movie Camera...

2009-11-01T15:34:00.002-06:00

This is Cinematic Orchestra's take on Dziga Vertov's 1929 doc...

2009 Misc...

2009-10-25T15:39:00.007-05:00

Danzig...

2009-10-25T14:21:00.002-05:00

FOR JAMES... thinkin' of you when I saw this one...

The Book of Space...

2009-10-14T10:33:00.005-05:00

A pretty little bird let me know about this one... Johan Hybschmann is a genius!... It's people like this that make me feel like an untalented idiot...

check it at bldgblog...

Martin & Steph go to MTL...

2009-10-12T23:35:00.003-05:00

chairs...

2009-10-12T22:18:00.004-05:00

I like collecting these... some that are on my wish list...

Another year at the cabin wrapped up...

2009-10-12T21:55:00.002-05:00

Picasso...

2009-09-28T22:55:00.004-05:00

some of my favorite shit from picasso!...

Wallpaper...

2009-09-28T20:41:00.011-05:00

I long for the time when I get to make decisions like what wallpaper I will put on a feature wall... several choices that get me wet!...

I really want this one in black!...

Beginnings of a New Project...

2009-09-13T21:35:00.011-05:00

Shot on: Fuji Velvia 100

Upstairs Renovation Detials

2009-09-09T21:29:00.006-05:00

Bakker came over and swung a sledge...

Upstairs Renovation

2009-09-09T19:47:00.010-05:00

IT IS BACK ON!... I am currently working on the upstairs...

Master Bed Room with the moldings removed...

Master with the plaster removed...

Master in the middle of exposing the outside walls... removal of heavy paper, 1x6's, and old insulation or lack thereof...

Soon to be office... closet detail exposing the stairwell... closet to be demolished... half wall to be erected in it's place... opening up this room to the upstairs!...

Office in the middle of plaster removal to complete outside wall exposure...

Office door removal... far left...

office complete demo... p.o.v from the stairwell... electrical to be moved to stairwell...

Adieu...

2009-09-09T19:40:00.008-05:00

Heavy is the sorrow that bows the head,
When love is alive and hope is dead
Lord Byron

I've paid for my mistakes...
No more will I make...
A boy can dream...
A boy can dream...

Winnipeg Hydro, Part 2...

2009-08-16T15:18:00.009-05:00

Awhile back a buddy of mine had a show. Here are the fruits of my labor...

two rocks of stone and friends...

Burning Spear+Pirate flags= Killer Show...

2009-08-10T20:03:00.003-05:00

sorry about the dirty negs...

August=summer... hopefully

2009-08-10T19:14:00.004-05:00

Rorschach Inkblots...

2009-07-30T21:13:00.004-05:00

In mid June Dr. James Heilman, Moose Jaw native and Wikipedia editor, posted 10 Rorschach inkblots and the most common interpretations of them online, a move that has ignited a massive controversy within psychology. Psychologists administer this test to gain insight into a patients general mental make-up. Thus, rendering the test useless if the questions are made known to the general public. It's kinda like busting out a camera in a crowd... if people know there is a camera around they do not act naturally. Oooops... do we really need to know everything...

I see....

vagina...

Two elves getting it on...

"My Pet Monster..."

So Long Ian...

2009-07-29T18:34:00.004-05:00

Mr. August is moving to Toronto and he is having a sale... buy something and culture yourself! Ian is going to kill Toronto!

Thursday, July 30
10:00am -11:55pm
75 Albert 5th floor

go here

Erni Vales visits The Graffiti Gallery...

2009-07-29T17:48:00.010-05:00

A few months ago Erni Vales came from New York to do a little thing at the Graffiti Gallery. For those who do not know Erni, he is best know for the development of the 3D graffiti style... Lazo was nice enough to invite James and myself down to check it out.

This is what a day of fuckin' around produces...

Exchange District...

2009-07-28T11:54:00.005-05:00

Nico tipped me off on this one... you should come and check this place out!...

1,2,3,4,5...

2009-07-21T23:52:00.001-05:00

I have always enjoyed this...

Canada Day:

2009-07-21T22:46:00.006-05:00

Bikes, beers, bros, babes, and bbqs are essential for Canada's big day!...

Andrew WK:

2009-07-21T22:01:00.009-05:00

Darren, Dave, and I went to the Andrew WK show a while ago... absolute insanity!... People were swinging from the rafters at the Albert... Andrew had to be carried off the stage because he was so tired... best show I have seen in a while

United Army Surplus...

2009-07-09T22:25:00.006-05:00

Anyone who is a Winnipegger will know this building. Like a martyr to progress, The United Army Surplus building met its demise earlier this year. I was fortunate enough to be invited to take some pics and help set up a ceremony that went down before the building bit the dust...

Interested to see what the new building looks like!...
MORE PICS COMIN'!...

2009-06-30T20:10:00.001-05:00

I wish I was this efficent!...

Matthew Ritchie

2009-06-29T21:40:00.003-05:00

I love what this guy has to say!...

Word to Mother...

2009-06-24T21:43:00.006-05:00

parra...

2009-06-10T21:46:00.008-05:00

This guy is a great illustrator! Check this older interview with fecal face...

here are some moving pictures...

He also makes music...

Back From Hiatus...

2009-06-08T23:51:00.000-05:00

pics to follow...